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During Summer Peaks in Burglary Rates
The FBI s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) shows an increase in crime rates during the summer
months by as much as 16 percent.
Summer is when families are involved in outdoor activities...
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Residential Security Systems Protect
During Summer Peaks in Burglary Rates
The FBI s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) shows an increase in crime rates during the summer
months by as much as 16 percent.
Summer is when families are involved in outdoor activities
and when most vacations are taken.
Homes are empty, doors are routinely left unlocked while
people are outside enjoying the sun, and criminals are also taking advantage of the good
weather.
Multiple things work together toward the measurable increase in crime during the summer
months.
Common sense indicates that winter keeps most people indoors.
Except for
participation in winter sports such as skiing or sled riding, most people want to get out of the
cold.
Summer brings warm days and nights where there is a huge increase in the amount of
people spending time outdoors at all hours of the day or night.
A person walking through a
neighborhood on a frigid winter night would be scrutinized much more carefully than someone
out for a
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